BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested two suspected drug pushers in a buy-bust operation in Purok Tultugan, Barangay Mandalagan here on Saturday, September 30. POLICE arrest two suspected drug pushers in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Mandalagan, Bacolod City on Saturday, September 30. (Photo...
BACOLOD CITY – Police nabbed a suspected drug pusher in a buy-bust operation in Purok Kagaykay, Barangay 2 here on Saturday, September 30. The suspect, Jerish Christian Panao, 28, of Barangay 2, a high-value individual, yielded 50 grams of suspected shabu worth P320,000. Police Col. Noel...
BACOLOD CITY – The two men found dead in Bago City, Negros Occidental last week were drug personalities according to their families. Police Lt. Col. Jay Malong, Bago City police chief, said the victims were identified by their families over the weekend as Edward Pille, 29, of Barangay Alijis...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Alfredo “Albee” Benitez recently announced that the city government has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with Grab Philippines to track the movement of city government vehicles. MAYOR Alfredo Benitez meets Grab Western Visayas director Jocelyn Yoshida (center) and...
BACOLOD CITY – Four houses were destroyed in a fire that hit a residential area on Neptune St., Purok Paho, Fuentebella, Barangay Taculing here on Tuesday, September 26. Three houses were totally damaged while another was partially damaged, the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said. Damage to...
BACOLOD CITY – The city government has proposed a P3.6-billion budget for 2024. Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez, in a press briefing at the Bacolod City Government Center on Monday, September 25, said that they have finished budget deliberations with all the department heads last week....
The Negros Trade Fair returns to the Glorietta Activity Center in Makati City today, Sept. 26, and will last until Oct. 1, 2023. Organized by the Association of Negros Producers (ANP), this year's event will focus on the theme "Amuma," a Hiligaynon term signifying "to nurture, foster, and care...
BACOLOD CITY – A Chinese-Korean electric vehicle firm revealed on Friday, September 22, that 36 units of electric jeepneys (e-jeepneys) from China are expected to arrive here by the end of November. E-Future Motors Philippines (PH) Inc. received an order from their first client in the Philippines...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested a fisherman in a buy-bust operation in Purok Makawiwili, Barangay Punta Taytay here on Friday, September 22. POLICE arrested a fisherman in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Punta Taytay, Bacolod City on Friday, September 22. (Photo courtesy of Llanee Zil...
The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) has reassigned seven personnel with relatives running in this year’s barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections. Police Lt. Col. Ronnie Brillo, BCPO deputy director for operations, said that two commissioned officers and five non-commissioned police officers...
BACOLOD CITY – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said that four candidates in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) here next month have withdrawn their candidacies. Kathrina Trinio-Caña, head of Comelec-Bacolod, said these candidates – a barangay and SK...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez here said on Tuesday, September 19, that a Dutch company has expressed interest in helping address flooding in this city. Benitez, chairman of the Regional Development Council (RDC)-Western Visayas, along with some members of the city...
